Did John Lennon plagerize the melody to "My Sweet Lord" from the Chiffons "He's So Fine"

Question

"OOOhh My Lord - Do lang do lang do do lang - "My sweet Lord" Do lang do lang do lang.....

OKAY G. Harrison, but wasn't there a court case which he lost?

Answer 1

Yes George, and yes he lost in court. He insisted he didn't do it intentionally, he probably didn't. My guess is it was way back in his mind from when it came out years earlier and it came to mind one day and he completely forgot it was someone else's song.

If we're voting on which is better btw, my vote's for He's so fine.

UPDATE: Shane, it was more than three notes, not only did the He's so fine/My sweet Lord parts match, so did the I don't know how I'm gonna do it/I really want to know you parts. I've written songs myself and I've realized later that a couple of songs I "wrote" were songs I'd heard years ago and nearly forgotten.

Answer 2

Ummm.. that's George Harrison that was slapped with a lawsuit and the songwriters of "he's So Fine" prevailed. It's a shame too cause George has written some good tunes in the past and I don't think he needed to polagerize anyone. I'll take My Sweet Lord over He's so Fine anytime. There are similarity's but also unsimilarities too.

Answer 3

No way. GEORGE HARRISON did nothing of the sort. I think it's a matter of perspective. There are many artists that use a similar melody to other artists, but the identical chord progression and they are rarely accused of plagerization. I think it's all relative, and would be extraordinarily difficult to prove in court. The only time it's a given would be in the Vanilla Ice/Queen instance.

Answer 4

Not a Lennon Song, but a George Harrison song. And it would be a stretch to call it plagiarizing since it is 3 notes. I think those same 3 notes probably appear in hundreds of pop songs throughout history.

Answer 5

I thought that was ridiculous, too.

My personal favorite is when John Fogarty was sued because "Old Man Down the Road" resembled "Run Through The Jungle"... (if you don't know, he wrote both songs, one was for his solo career, the other for Credence Clearwater Revival.)

But I'm glad they got Vanilla Ice. Bastage.

Answer 6

No...but supposedly George Harrison did.

Answer 7

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